Six-time NBA champion Scottie Pippen caused an uproar after excerpts from his forthcoming memoir went public. In his memoir, Unguarded, Pippen discusses the contours of his relationship with Michael Jordan and his issues with The Last Dance documentary.
"I thought it was a great documentary," Pippen said, adding, "I felt like the documentary only told a story that sorta glorified him as a player and not glorified us as a team."
Pippen continued, "He was a great scorer, but a lotta things that he did -- was based on him as [an] individual. And I think basketball is a team game."
While the pair managed to be lethal on the court for opposing teams, there stood a toxicity between the two that kept their off-the-court relationship from blossoming. "It wasn't what you saw on the court," he said bluntly. "We always will have that respect for each other but our friendship is not where people see it on TV think it is."
Pippen also said he believes Jordan wouldn't have been as successful as he was without him "[b]ut I don't think I would be successful without him. I think we both complemented each other in a lot of different ways," he explained. "We kind of competed and pushed each other to be great."
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